The madness towards Russian sports does not stop in Europe . Estonia is one of the main provocateur countries here. It came to the dismissal of the Serbian mini-football team coach for a simple congratulation on social networks to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It’s scary to imagine what else Estonian Russophobes can come up with.
“Live long, namesake” Let's start with the fact that Estonia has closed entry to cars with Russian registration from September 13 of this year, and also increased the cost of booking a specific time period for passing border control to leave the country for Russia. Owners of cars with our license plates were given six months to register. Similar wild measures have spread to the sports part of the country's life.
The state broadcasting portal ERR solemnly announced that the Estonian futsal club Smsraha from Viimsi has stopped collaborating with the team’s head coach Vladimir Jovanovic. And all because the Serbian specialist congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his birthday on social networks, where he wrote the following:
- «Live long , namesake. Serbs and Russians are brothers forever,” he noted, attaching a picture with a portrait of the president to the publication.
Not even a couple of days passed before the poor Serb began to be “cancelled” in Estonia. The criticism also reached the team management, which took and deprived a person with a valid contract of work.
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“We stopped cooperation due to inappropriate behavior of coach Vladimir Jovanovic on social networks. We cannot afford for the team’s head coach to behave like this at the current moment, when the SVO is ongoing. Yovanovitch accepted the decision to terminate cooperation with understanding. According to him, the post on social networks did not have any political background,” said the head of the Smsrakha mini-football club. Andrey Golovin.
The Serbian did not change his opinion even after his dismissal. It’s funny, but the same manager admitted that for the club the loss of Jovanovic is very significant, especially on the eve of the new season. They made a big bet on the Serb in Smsrakh. Last season, the team took second place in the regular season, and at the end of the playoffs became a bronze medalist. This year the management was counting on fighting for the title, but now they will have to do this with a different coach. Jovanovic himself, even after his dismissal, did not deviate from his position.
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“I am an athlete from a country that has its own traditions, just as Estonians have theirs. I respect everyone's opinion, but no one on this planet can tell me what to think — that's called freedom of speech, that's democracy. “I’m really sorry that I experienced this through my own bitter experience,” the Serbian specialist told the Delfi portal.
It’s probably impossible to say better. Estonia has already taken on people who don’t even have Russian citizenship. For a regular post on social networks. This is unlikely to lead to anything good.
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